Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13182, Roswell Goodrich, Conn. Continental

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Goodrich, Roswell
S. 13182
Continental
carded
CONTENTS

Let to Hon. J. Jenkins 5 Jan 1833
675 New York Albany Russell Goodrich and of Oneida Co in the State of N.Y. who was an Artificer in the Company commanded by Captain [blank] of the Regt commanded by Col. Palatine in the * Revolution line for two years
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 24 00 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. & End by 23 rd January 1847
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th day of Decr 1851 and sent to [blank] J. J. Coombs Esq Arrears to the 4th of Present Semi-annual allowance ending
Med from $144
Revolutionary Claim, } Act June 7, 1832. } Recorded by [blank] Clerk, Book C. 2. Vol. 4 Page 27
D. 5. 92 Continental Conn. Records completed Febr 6/06 J. S.

R. Goddard Payable on the 4 th March & 4 th Sept r of each year at the U. States Branch Bank, New York.
at the rate of ... per annum on account of
Recorded

WAR DEPARTMENT.
I CERTIFY, That in conformity with the Law of the UNITED STATES, of the 18. March 1818, Rowell Goodrich
late an Artificer in the Army of the Revolution,
is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the New York Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars ~ cents per month, to commence on the twentieth day of April one thousand eight hundred and 1818.
GIVEN at the WAR OFFICE of the UNITED STATES, this 30. day of June one thousand eight hundred and 1818.
J. C. Calhoun Sec y of War.

Statement of Roswell Goodrich, of the Town of Whitesboro in the County of Oneida and State of New York, an applicant for a pension under the provision of the Act of Congress passed June 7 1832, & who has once been on the Pension Roll under the Act of March 18 1818, & has been dropped therefrom on account of property.
I Roswell Goodrich a resident of the Town of Whitesboro, in the County of Oneida and State of New York, aged seventy eight years, in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress entitled "An Act supplementary to "An Act for the relief of the surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution", do on oath make the following statement for that I made application for a pension under the Act of the 18 March 1818 & was placed on the pension roll under said Act, & received a pension certificate, dated 30 June 1818, which is hereto annexed marked A. That I was struck off from the roll under the Act of 1 st May 1820 on account of my property. That I enlisted at Worthington in Connecticut as a private soldier in the spring of the year, (I think in the month of May) 1775 in Captain Meigs Company of Infantry in Colonel Mili's Regiment, in the Connecticut Line, but the number of the Regiment I can not recollect, for the term of eight months & was stationed the principal part of the time at Roxbury in the State of Massachusetts, & served in said Company until the time of my enlistment had expired.
In the spring of the year 1776 I again enlisted

at Boston for the term of one year, in the company of infantry (as a private soldier) commanded by Captain Glostenbury, in Colonel Mills Regiment (the name of the Regiment I can not recollect), & marched from thence to New London & from there to New York & from thence to Fishkill where I remained until I was honorably discharged, having served the full term of my enlistment.
On the Month of September 1777 I enlisted again as a private soldier for the period of three years in the company commanded by Captain Osburn, in Colonel Baldwin's Regiment, (the number I do not recollect) That after my enlistment for the three years last above mentioned I was placed in the artificers department & worked in the capacity of an artificer the greater part of the said three years, that I was a part of the time under the charge of Sergeant Hoffmann who was an artificer, that a part of the time I was stationed at Cantrips in the state of Connecticut, & a part of the time in Morristown in the state of New Jersey, that I remained in the service in said state until the term of my enlistment had expired when I was honorably discharged, that I was in the Militia for two terms of eight months each after my return from New Jersey making the whole time that I was in the service as a private soldier & artificer during the revolutionary war about six years, that I now reside in the town of Milstein in the County of Oneida & state of New York, & have resided here for upwards of

Forty six years, & that I resided in Whitestown when I first made application in 1818, as aforesaid
That the evidence furnished the Department as to my services on my application in 1818 remains in the Department according to my knowledge
Witness My hand at Whitestown aforesaid, this twenty fifth day of July Eighteen hundred & thirty two
In presence of - { N. Bake -
his Roswell J. Goodrich mark
Before me Erastus Millard, a Commissioner of Beeds of the Town of Whitestown in the County of Onondaga & authorized to take affidavits, personally appeared this day Roswell Goodrich, to me well known to be the person described in the foregoing statement, & in the annexed Pension Certificate, & subscribed the foregoing statement by making his mark in my presence, in the presence of Deborah C. Bake the subscribing witness. & the said Roswell being by me duly sworn makes oath & says that the facts set forth in the foregoing declaration or statement by him subscribed are true, & I further certify that the said Roswell Goodrich is generally reputed & believed to have been a soldier in the army of the revolution Witness My hand this 25 day of July 1832.
Erastus Millard Comm of Beeds

State of New York } p; John Nelson of the Town of Whites Onondaga County } -town in the County of Onondaga & State of New York, aged eighty one years, being duly sworn, says, that he has been acquainted with Rowell Goodrich named in the foregoing statement, for the annexed Pension Certificate, between sixty & seventy years, that he knew him previous to the Revolutionary War, that this deponent & the said Rowell then both resided in the Town of Middletown in the State of Con- necticut, that they continued to reside in the Middletown aforesaid, except what time he was in the service, until they both removed to Whetstone aforesaid which was about fifty six years since, & this deponent has lived as a neighbor to said Rowell & within about half a mile of him ever since & still resides so near him, that the said Rowell was by trade a Blacksmith that this deponent knows that the said Rowell was in the service of the United States as a private sol- dier in the Revolutionary war at differ- ent times, that this deponent well recollects the time when the said Rowell enlisted for the term of three years as mentioned in his aforesaid statement, & that he went away in pursuance of his said enlistment from Middletown aforesaid & was absent three years in the said service as was then said & believed by this deponent still believes. That this de- ponent well recollects the time the said Row- ell applied for a pension in 1818, & knows that he is the person described in the

annexed Pension Certificate dated July 25 1832.
John Wilson
Before me Erastus Millard, a Commissioner of Deeds of Whitesboro in the County of Oneida & authorized to take affidavits, personally appeared this day John Wilson to me known to be the person described in the foregoing affidavit in my presence who being by me duly sworn makes oath & says that the facts stated in said affidavit by him sub- scribed are true, Attest my hand at Whitesboro aforesaid this 25 day of July 1832.
Erastus Millard Commissioner of Deeds
I hereby certify that I have been acquainted with Roswell Goodrich named in the foregoing statement, & the annexed pension certificate for about twenty years that he is a member of the Presbyterian Church in this place of which I am Pastor, that he is reported to have been a soldier in the revolution that I believe him to be about 78 years of age, & that he received a pension several years since about the year 1818. I am also acquainted with John Wilson who subscribed the fore- going affidavit in my presence, & know him to be a man of truth.

I also certify that the said Roswell Goodrich made his mark to the above statement in my presence & made oaths to the same before Mr. Willard.
John Frost.
State of New York } Meida County } ss I George Brown Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Meida, & Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Grastus Milard before whom the foregoing statement of Roswell Goodrich & the foregoing affidavit of John Wilson purport to have been sworn to, was at the date of the same a Commissioner of Deeds in & for said County & duly authorized to take affidavits & that I am well acquainted with his hand writing & verily believe his name subscribed to the said statement & affidavit to be his proper hand writing, and I further certify that I am acquainted with the Rev. John Frost who subscribed the foregoing Certificate & that he is the Pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Watertown & has been for many years.
Witness my hand and seal of Office at the City of Utica this twenty seventh day of July 1832
Geo. Brown Clerk

Roswell Goodrich Adm d N.Y.
For increase from $144 to $240 - Antiquity
In Cts $240 per ann de of former pay at $144 per ann Comg 4 March 1831 V rub g 23 Jany 1847, payable to Josiah Goodrich, Adm d for the benefit of James Goodrich, John Goodrich, Sylvester Goodrich, Josiah Goodrich, Hannah Eaton & Mary Wells, only surv children. A. King
J. S. Gurney Treasurer

State of New York } County of Oneida }
On this 1 st day of November 1851 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Sylvester Goodrich of Whitesboro in said County, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain an increase of pension in the case of Roswell Goodrich Deceased, under the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he is one of children of Roswell Goodrich Deceased, late a pensioner of the United States at the rate of one hundred and forty four Dollars per annum. That said Roswell Goodrich died in the County of Erie and State aforesaid on the twenty third day of January in the Year one thousand eight hundred and forty seven. And at the time of his death left no widow, but left him surviving the following children viz Josiah Goodrich, James Goodrich, John Goodrich, Sylvester Goodrich (This Declarant), Hannah Eaton and Mary Hill, That they were his only children and all were then over twenty one Years of age. That John Goodrich one of the children aforesaid died in the Year one thousand eight hundred and fifty, and that the remaining five aforesaid are the only children of Roswell Goodrich aforesaid that are now living. In support of which claim Declarant refers the pension Department to the evidence on file in that office as well as such other proof as may be furnished by his Agent Wm Valentine of Albany N.Y. or by his substitute at Washington city requests And this Declarant hereby particularly in case the aforesaid claim is granted that the certificate of pension be made payable to Josiah Goodrich, Administrator, for the sole use and benefit of the children of Roswell Goodrich aforesaid. ————— " " —————
Subscribed & sworn to before me This 1 st day of November 1851
Sylvester Goodrich
Morris Niles Justice of the peace of said County
I certify that Sylvester Goodrich is the identical person above named over

and I verily believe his statement as within set forth is entitled to full faith and credit
Morris Wilcox justice of the peace And I further certify That I was well acquainted with Roswell Goodrich in his life time, and also with all his children, and that the within named five children are all that are now living. Morris Wilcox justice of the peace
State of New York, } ss. CLERK'S OFFICE, ONEIDA COUNTY, } I, ALEXANDER RAE, Clerk of the said County, Do CERTIFY, That
Morris Wilcox whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, and thereon written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Justice of the peace for said County, dwelling in said County, and sworn and duly authorized to take the same. And further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Justice and verily believe that the signature to the Certificate of said proof or acknowledgment, is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said County, this
24 th day of November 1851
Alexander Rae Clerk.

sion on file in this Bureau.
Rowell Goodrich W.F. 13182
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 1775 8 mos. Pvt. Brigs Hyde Conn.   Spring 1776 1 year " Gloucester "   Sept 1777 3 years artillery Osborn Baldwin   2 Terms 8 mos. each Pvt. in militia  
Battles engaged in, Stillwater I. I. Retreat from N.Y. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted at Northbridge Conn. Date of application for pension, Apr. 20. 1811. H. H. H. al. Residence at date of application, Whitestown Oneida Co. N.Y. Age at date of application, 62 Died in Erie Co. N.Y. Jan'y 23 1847
Remarks: Soldier left no widows. Children Joseph James John who died in 1850; Sylvester, Hannah Eaton and Mary Hill

State of New York
County of Oneida ss: on the Twentieth day of April eighteen hundred & eighteen before me, the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of the said State, personally appears Roswell Goodrich aged sixty two years resident in White Haven in said County who being by me first duly sworn ac- cording to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, en- titled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary war" That he the said Roswell enlisted at Boston in the State of Massachusetts in the Company commanded by Captain Wells in the Regiment commanded by Col. Willis in the Connecticut line in the Fall of the year 1775 that he continued to serve in the said Corps in the service of the United States until the Fall of the year 1776 when he was discharged from service at Peekskill in the State of New York - that he was in the battle at Flatbush on Long Island in the retreat from New York during the above period of one year's service - That in the Spring of the year 1777 he enlisted in Washington in the State of Connecticut in the Company commanded by Captain Osborn in the Corps of Artificers, in that he continued to serve in the said Corps in the service of the United States until the Spring of the year 1780 when he was discharged from service in his term of enlistment having expired. Daily Ferry in the State of New Jersey, and that he is in reduced circumstances, & stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support - and that he has no other evidence in his power of his said service
ROSWELL GOODRICH

Sworn to & declared before me the day & year aforesaid Jonas Platt
I Jonas Platt Judge etc. as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Roswell Goodrich did serve in the Revolution- ary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy - and I now trans- mit the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me to the Secretary for the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress - April 20 th 1818 -
Jonas Platt
I certify that the Honorable Jonas Platt was at the time of the execution of the foregoing documents one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of Judicature of the State of New York and that the said Court is a Court of Record.
Henry R. Stowe one of the clerks of H. of Reps. for the State of New York
Roswell Goodrich Comptroller

New York Roll.
1,156
✓ Roswell Goodrich
Soldier
* Connecticut line 1777. 3 years.
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary.
Continental and Conn. Records completed Feb. 6th 1818.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of $ 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 20 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th of June 1818. and sent to the Hon. H. R. Storr Whitesboro; Oneida Co. N. York.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818.
Semi-annual ending
4 Months 15/30. $ 36.
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
✓ Hazen Whitesboro Oneida

THE BOSTON
NELSON & DIFFENDORF
Dealers in
MEN'S, BOYS' AND CHILDREN'S CLOTHING, HATS, CAPS, FURNISHING GOODS, ETC.
"Commissioner of Pensions"
Pelican Rapids, Minn., April 5th.....1908
Washington, D.C.,
Dear Sir;
Kindly advise me as to whether one Roswell Goodrich is recorded as having received a pension for services rendered during the Revolutionary War, and whether the dates as to his birth and death are given. He seems to have lived in Rochester, New York during his late years.
Thanking you in advance, I remain, Yours Truly,
S.O. Diffendorf

Can "Commissioner of Pensions" per Washington, D.C.,
My Dear Sir;
Can you tell me, from your records, whether one Roswell Goodrich, a veteran of the Revolution, received a pension, or no, and if so, in what years, and whether you have record of his birth and death - He enlisted from Connecticut, but think he spent his later years in or near Rochester, New York - Any information you

may be able to give well be appreciated.
Yours Respectfully, Mrs. S. O. Diffendorf
Mar. 28-1908
Pelican Rapids, Minn.

RECORD AND INDEX DIVISION Record Division. Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
April 2, 1908.
Searched by Hill
Original No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant, _____
Soldier, Roswell Goodrich
Service, _____
Rev. War
Remarks: _____
No claim except J. 13,182 & J. 31,696.
_____ Chief of Division.

Rev. War
13182 INVALID.
1908 Apr 8 Hist. Soc Mrs. B. O. Diffendorf
File No. 13 182
Roswell Goodrich Certif. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 146
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Aug 4/52
Jan 4 Feb 2 rel: to claim of Ralph Goodrich by ...
Dear
Miss J. F. Jenkins Miss
James E. Heath
Conway Press
Franklin N.C.

675
New York
Roswell Goodrich
of Oneida Co. in the State of New York who was an Artificer in the Company commanded by Captain Osburn of the reg t commanded by Col: Baldwin in the * line for three years from 1777.
Continental Conn.
Records completed Febr. 6/186.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 144 Dollars — Cents per ann m to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 day of October 1832 — and sent to J. C. Bake P.M. Whitesboro, N.Y.
Arrears to 4th of September 1832 $246. — Pemi=ant. allowance ending 4 March 1833 72 —
$ 288. —
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. M. Allison Clerk, Book D , Vol. 5 , Page 92 ,

Utica July 27 th 1832
Dear Sir
Your letter of July 3 rd came duly to hand, but owing to a delay in getting the desired information, I have not answered it before. The manner in which the pension of Russell Goodrich is this or as follows. During his lifetime he drew a pension of $84. dollars a year the amount allowed a common soldier. Since his death the commission of Pensions have decided that he being an artificer, was entitled to draw the same amount as a Pension, that he recd while in actual service, = and therefore paid to his administrator this increase of Pension amounting to 96 dollars a year = saying by this decision that Russell Goodrich was in his life time entitled to receive $15- per month, as a pension, and that he having received only $7- per month, = his administration was paid the balance = from March 4 th 1831, - until the day of his death, = This decision I understand was made under the act of 1832.
Hoping that you will excuse me for troubling you again in this matter. I remain
Respectfully Yours,
Isaac G. Varnum
Hon J. Jenkins Member Congress, etc.

Hon James E. Heath
In Sir
The writer of the enclosed letter desires to know whether the heirs or personal rep- resentatives of Russell Goodrich are not entitled to one dollar a month on the pension of the deceased from the time the pension was granted down to when it was paid his administrator? Will you par- ticularize an answer to the enclosed letter. I presume the figures $15. in the letter should be $12.
Washington B. Aug. 5 th 2 your obed Servt Timothy Jenkins.

Brief in the case of Roswell Goodrich, dec d late of Oneida County and State of New York act 7 June 1832
Claim, ( "original," or "for increase." )
Proof exhibited, ( if original. )
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Artillery Artificer - Increased from $144 to $240
Name and residence of Agent.
Dickens & Goodrich Present
S. Cole Examining Clerk.

State of New York County of Erie Surrogate's Court
I, P. M. Voorhies, Surrogate of said County of Erie, do hereby certify that it appears by evidence filed in this office in the Year one thousand eight hundred and forty seven, which was then and is now satisfactory to said Court, that Roswell Goodrich, a pensioner of the United States, died in said County on the twenty third day of January in the Year one thousand eight hundred and forty seven. That at the time of his death he left no widow, but left him surviving, the following children viz: Josiah Goodrich, James Goodrich, John Goodrich, Sylvester Goodrich, Hannah Eaton, and Mary Hills. And that Josiah Goodrich one of the children was duly appointed the Administrator of Roswell Goodrich. And that letters of Administration were issued to him, which are still in force & effect.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of said Court this 18 th day of November 1851.
P. M. Voorhies
Surrogate
Paid 0.75

Whitestown Post Office N.Y. 26 July 1832
Sir
Enclosed I send you papers for an application of Rowell Goodrich if the papers on file in the department do not show at least two years service so as to entitle him to a full pension . He desires to make more proof, before the papers are acted upon.
Solomon Hill of this town now receives a pension under the act of 15 May 1828. Is there any difficulty in his applying receiving it under the recent act as his pension will be greater,
Yours Respectfully
H. C. Baker P.M.
Rev.
A. L. Edwards